Mike McMillin

Director of Executive/Corporate Recruiting

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Current
Past
  • Executive/Corporate Recruiter at Q Investments
  • VP Recruiting at SummitAlliance Investment Group
  • Executive Recruiter (Principal) at Echelon Group
Education
  • Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
  • Texas A&M University
  • Lakehill Preparatory School
Connections
479 connections
Industry
Financial Services

Mike McMillin’s Summary

14 years of executive recruiting experience. (7 years in retained executive recruiting, 7 years in corporate executive recruiting)


Mike McMillin’s Experience

  • Director of Executive/Corporate Recruiting

    Cottonwood Financial

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    December 2006Present (2 years 8 months)

    Report to the CEO/Founder. Manage the recruiting of C-level to mid-management level corporate positions for the firm across all functions.

    Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Las Colinas, Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers in the retail consumer finance industry.

  • Executive/Corporate Recruiter

    Q Investments

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    February 2005August 2006 (1 year 7 months)

    Reported to a Partner. Recruited for C-level to mid-management level positions within the fund's portfolio companies. Recruited top tier MBAs and senior level investment professionals to manage the fund.

  • VP Recruiting

    SummitAlliance Investment Group

    (Investment Management industry)

    February 2003January 2005 (2 years)

    Reported to the CEO/Founder. Recruited (internally) C-level to college interns. Recruited (externally) Brokers, Financial Advisors, and CPAs to use SummitAlliance’s managed money solutions.

  • Executive Recruiter (Principal)

    Echelon Group

    (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

    20012002 (1 year)

    Reported to the CEO. Retained Executive Search. (Company Closed)

  • Executive Recruiter (Principal)

    Tricom Group

    (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

    20002001 (1 year)

    Reported to Managing Partner/Co-Founder. Executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in early-stage, VC-backed, technology companies. (Company Closed)

  • Executive Recruiter (Senior Associate)

    Korn/Ferry International

    (Public Company; KFY; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    19992000 (1 year)

    Reported to the Managing Partner of the Dallas office. Executed retained searches with Venture Capital backed to Fortune 100 companies for VP and C-level executive positions. Industry focus was in technology and consumer goods.

  • Executive Recruiter (Research Associate to Senior Associate)

    Heidrick & Struggles

    (Public Company; HSII; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    19951999 (4 years)

    Reported to Managing Partner. Executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in technology, consumer goods and financial services industries.

    (Sandhurst Associates/TASA/TMP acquired by Heidrick)

  • MBA Internship

    Lehman Brothers

    (Public Company; Investment Management industry)

    19941995 (1 year)

  • Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds)

    Fidelity Investments

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    19901994 (4 years)

  • Stockbroker

    Stuart James Investment Bankers

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    19901990 (less than a year)


Mike McMillin’s Education

  • Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business

    MBA , Finance/Marketing , 19931995

  • Texas A&M University

    BS , Economics, Minor in Business Administration , 19851989

    Activities and Societies:
    Corps of Cadets (Executive Officer - Squadron 16)
  • Lakehill Preparatory School

    College Prep , 19741985


Mike McMillin’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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